Comparison of raw acceleration from the genea and actigraph™ GT3X+ activity monitors

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 14754-14763

  John, Dinesh ^a   Sasaki, Jeffer ^b   Staudenmayer, John ^b   Mavilia, Mariana ^c   Freedson, Patty S ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Raw acceleration; Wearable activity monitors

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ACCURATE PREDICTION; ACTIVITY MONITORS; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION ACCURACY; RECOGNITION ACCURACY;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84886805388     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s131114754     Document Type: Article

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